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Osprey Gladiators - Wisdom/McBride
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11-21-2002, 10:46 AM
Sure enough, the all-metal "epee" "sword" is not from Pompeii. It was actually found in 1971 in Augst in Switzerland in a Roman private house dating from the late 2nd to early 3rd Century. The gladiatorial connection is circumstantial and is based on the fact that a mosaic showing gladiatorial scenes was found in the same building. Presumably the museum at Augst might be a good place to start:<br>
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www.baselland.ch/docs/kul...main-d.htm<br>
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Römerstadt Augusta Raurica,<br>
Giebenacherstrasse 17,<br>
CH-4302 Augst,<br>
Tel. ++41/61/816 22 22,<br>
Fax ++41/61/ 816 22 61,<br>
e-mail [email protected] .<br>
<br>
Anyway, here's a challenging thought. I bet it isn't a sword, at all. It is nearly 75 cm long (even with the end apparently missing). I bet it's a roasting spit, or a fire poker or a broken off bit of furniture or something.<br>
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Susan <p></p><i></i>
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Osprey Gladiators - Wisdom/McBride - by richard - 12-01-2001, 04:19 AM
Re: Osprey Gladiators - by Anonymous - 08-22-2002, 11:22 AM
Re: Osprey Gladiators - by Anonymous - 08-22-2002, 01:24 PM
Re: Angus McBride - by Anonymous - 08-22-2002, 01:29 PM
Re: Angus McBride - by richard - 08-22-2002, 10:53 PM
Errata - here you go - by Anonymous - 08-23-2002, 08:21 AM
Re: Errata - here you go - by richard - 08-23-2002, 09:49 AM
Re: Errata - here you go - by Gashford - 08-23-2002, 10:09 AM
Re: Errata - here you go - by Anonymous - 08-23-2002, 12:29 PM
Re: Errata - here you go - by Anonymous - 08-23-2002, 02:01 PM
morituri te salutant - by Anonymous - 08-23-2002, 02:09 PM
morituri te salutant - by Anonymous - 08-23-2002, 02:15 PM
rephrase - by Anonymous - 08-23-2002, 02:26 PM
Re: rephrase - by Gashford - 08-23-2002, 02:36 PM
Osprey gladiators - by John Maddox Roberts - 08-23-2002, 05:16 PM
Re: Osprey gladiators - by Gashford - 08-23-2002, 05:35 PM
Re: Osprey gladiators - by Anonymous - 08-24-2002, 10:51 AM
Re: Osprey gladiators - by Anonymous - 08-24-2002, 01:50 PM
Re: Osprey gladiators - New Edition - by Anonymous - 08-24-2002, 11:08 PM
Revised Osprey Gladiator - by Anonymous - 08-25-2002, 03:40 PM
Re: Revised Osprey Gladiator - by richard - 08-25-2002, 05:15 PM
Re: Osprey Gladiators - Wisdom/McBride - by Anonymous - 08-25-2002, 07:20 PM
Re: Revised Osprey Gladiator - by Anonymous - 08-26-2002, 09:18 AM
Re: Osprey gladiator - by Anonymous - 08-27-2002, 09:40 AM
Osprey Gladiators - by Muzzaguchi - 08-30-2002, 12:51 AM
Bad Osprey! - by Anonymous - 09-15-2002, 01:11 PM
Re: Angus McBride - by Robert Vermaat - 09-17-2002, 11:01 AM
Re: Angus McBride - by Anonymous - 10-14-2002, 12:26 PM
manicae - by John Maddox Roberts - 10-14-2002, 02:52 PM
Re: manicae - by mcbishop - 10-14-2002, 04:23 PM
Re: manicae - by Anonymous - 10-15-2002, 12:12 PM
zliten mosaic - by John Maddox Roberts - 10-15-2002, 11:27 PM
Re: zliten mosaic - by Anonymous - 10-17-2002, 07:39 AM
Zliten and arm guards - by Anonymous - 11-01-2002, 04:59 PM
Zliten provocatores - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-02-2002, 04:10 PM
Re: Zliten provocatores - by Anonymous - 11-04-2002, 12:46 PM
Re: Zliten provocatores - by Anonymous - 11-04-2002, 03:28 PM
Re: Zliten provocatores - by Anonymous - 11-04-2002, 05:20 PM
zliten provocatores and hoplo shield - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-04-2002, 06:16 PM
Hoplo salad bowls - by Anonymous - 11-05-2002, 05:56 PM
Re: Provocator Helmet - by Anonymous - 11-06-2002, 02:15 PM
provocator crests - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-06-2002, 02:43 PM
correction - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-06-2002, 03:58 PM
Re: Sica - by Anonymous - 11-06-2002, 04:12 PM
sica - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-06-2002, 06:24 PM
Sica - by Anonymous - 11-07-2002, 09:42 AM
Re: Sica - by Anonymous - 11-07-2002, 05:29 PM
weird sica - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-07-2002, 08:32 PM
curved sicae - by Anonymous - 11-08-2002, 11:59 AM
Re: curved sicae - by Anonymous - 11-08-2002, 12:34 PM
That helmet - by Anonymous - 11-08-2002, 01:53 PM
sica and helmet - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-08-2002, 06:07 PM
helmets thread and translation - by Anonymous - 11-10-2002, 01:19 PM
provenance - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-10-2002, 08:42 PM
Re: provenance - by Gashford - 11-11-2002, 10:10 AM
thracian - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-11-2002, 04:41 PM
Re: blood - by Anonymous - 11-13-2002, 02:02 PM
Zliten secutor - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-14-2002, 03:26 PM
Re: Zliten secutor - by Gashford - 11-14-2002, 04:00 PM
Re: Sica - by Anonymous - 11-15-2002, 05:39 PM
sica - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-16-2002, 02:26 AM
Epee - by Gashford - 11-16-2002, 02:33 PM
enigmatic sica - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-16-2002, 03:37 PM
British Museum - by Gashford - 11-16-2002, 05:41 PM
Re: British Museum - by Anonymous - 11-18-2002, 01:24 PM
odd sword - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-18-2002, 02:24 PM
Re: odd sword - by Anonymous - 11-19-2002, 02:03 PM
pointless swords - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-19-2002, 06:30 PM
addition - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-19-2002, 06:34 PM
various - by Anonymous - 11-20-2002, 10:33 AM
Sword not from Pompeii - by Anonymous - 11-21-2002, 10:46 AM
Re: Sword not from Pompeii - by Gashford - 11-22-2002, 12:22 PM
The sword in the OSPREY BOOK - by Anonymous - 11-22-2002, 01:40 PM
kebab skewer - by John Maddox Roberts - 11-22-2002, 03:06 PM
the sword in the OSPREY BOOK in the Augst Museum - by Anonymous - 11-22-2002, 03:33 PM
Re: the sword in the OSPREY BOOK in the Augst Museum - by Anonymous - 11-25-2002, 01:57 PM
Re: the sword in the OSPREY BOOK in the Augst Museum - by Anonymous - 11-25-2002, 02:12 PM
Gladiator forum - by Gashford - 12-05-2002, 07:49 PM
Re: Gladiator forum - by Jasper Oorthuys - 12-05-2002, 07:55 PM
Re: Gladiator forum - by Gashford - 12-21-2002, 12:41 AM

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